Exxon Mobil's Profit Soars
As Revenue Tops $100 Billion

Exxon Mobil Corp. racked up its biggest-ever quarterly profit, reporting that third-quarter net income surged 75%, to $9.9 billion, on high oil and natural-gas prices.

Yet the world's biggest energy company sought to play down its banner results. Amid growing political pressure in Washington for the oil industry to return some of its profits to the public, Exxon didn't even mention in a public statement accompanying its earnings...